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100 1  Atlas, James. 
245 10 Battle of the books :|bthe curriculum debate in America /
       |cJames Atlas. 
250    1st Norton ed. 
260    New York :|bNorton,|c1992. 
300    157 pages ;|c20 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-145) and 
       index. 
505 0  The warning -- The big boys -- The new Canonists -- The 
       decline of literary criticism -- Cultural illiteracy -- 
       The end of tradition -- We are what we read. 
520 1  "Does it matter which books college students read? Indeed 
       it does, contends James Atlas. What we read has crucial 
       implications for both our development as individuals and 
       our ability to establish consensus on national issues. We 
       are what we read." "Where once the giants of Western 
       thought - Aristotle, Plato, Shakespeare, Milton, and Dante
       - had pride of place, university courses now boast authors
       such as Raymond Chandler, Alice Walker, and Louis L'Amour.
       Traditionalists argue that abandoning the "Great Books" 
       spells doom for America's education system, a system that 
       multiculturalists have called a white, elitist scam that 
       fails to reflect America's multi-ethnic, non-European 
       heritage." "Has the "opening" of the curriculum gone too 
       far? Atlas's attempt to answer this question takes him to 
       university classrooms across America, where the canon of 
       "Great Books" is being dismantled in the name of political
       correctness, and into his own past, as he considers the 
       influence of these books on his own life." "As ethnic 
       groups reassert their identities and break from 
       traditional assimilation, Atlas argues, America's need for
       common ground is greater than ever. Unless there is a set 
       of core beliefs upon which to build consensus, there may 
       soon be no clear idea of America, no common heritage, and 
       no unified future." "Like The Closing of the American Mind
       and The Disuniting of America, Battle of the Books is a 
       powerful, unsettling argument that calls attention to a 
       looming crisis in American education."--Jacket. 
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